And God Created Cricket
A jaunty history
Plenty of fun, good stories and research from the Analyst, but not, as the blurb claims, the real history of cricket
Cricket Grounds From The Air
Fields of dreams from the sky
A book of stunning photographs of England's cricket grounds, accompanied by concise histories and anecdotes by players
Imran Khan: The Biography
The making of Imran
Christopher Sandford's biography of the man who ushered Pakistan into its golden era is one for cricket fans and laymen alike
The 12-year-old broadcaster
The main virtue of this collection of Harsha Bhogle's newspaper columns is its immediacy and enthusiasm ... more
The gospel according to John Buchanan
The former Kolkata and Australia coach lays out his vision for Twenty20, but don't expect the inside story on KKR's disastrous second season... more
Getting personal
Sunil Gavaskar: Cricket's Little Master
Few surprises in this collection of tributes to one of India's greats by a star-studded line-up... more
Order, order (but it's only a game)
The Top 100 Cricketers of All Time
Picking cricket's 100 all-time greats might be an excruciating business, but it is also a lot of fun... more
The boy who couldn't bowl
Glenn McGrath: Line and Strength
A ghosted autobiography with an inconsistency that's at odds with the Australian bowler's extraordinary career... more
Speedy Harry
Was Bodyline's chief protagonist the quickest ever? Duncan Hamilton does a good job of convincing us... more
Yes, it's the Ashes (books)
It's that time again, when we assess an outpouring of printed matter celebrating cricket's premier contest... more
Dogs, doodles and diatribes
Between the foreword, written by pets, and the afterword, written by a two-year-old, lies an honest, funny and fascinating account of life as England cricketer... more
Non-U but first-class
A season's diary that will challenge anyone who thought county cricket was a stroll in the park... more
Story of the boundary-breaker
Caribbean Lives: Learie Constantine
A look at the far-reaching life of Learie Constantine, which successfully captures his extraordinary achievements ... more
The frantic legs beneath the water
The man behind the scenes at Test Match Special tells his many stories... more
The hot-seat experience
Artist Paul Trevillion's beautiful panels pose questions that will puzzle all would-be umpires, from the novice to the wizened expert ... more
Unconventional, endearing, imperfect
Scarlet: Clarrie Grimmett - Test Cricketer
A few errors aside, a tasty biography of the legspinner who discovered the flipper - and the cost of irking The Don ... more
Master of the broad perspective
This collection of published articles proves Gideon Haigh has few contemporaries to rival his dazzling and versatile writing on the game ... more
Looking back, looking forward
A colourful look at the Twenty20 story and a throw forward to what is to come this year ... more
Underdogs no more
Sri Lanka Cricket at the High Table
A dry but much needed account of Sri Lanka's startling ascent to the summit ... more
Eyes off the ball
A hotchpotch collection of articles on West Indies through the years that tends to play and miss ... more
Murder, suicide, cricket
Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall
Gideon Haigh on the biography of Australia's first significant cricketer... more
Superman weeps
Gilchrist's weighty autobiography reveals that perhaps his greatest success was hiding his insecurities during his playing days... more
Burnished and tarnished
Kim Hughes could have been a hero, but fell short. Christian Ryan has the story... more
The inflatable philanthropist
The granddaughter of the cricket-loving tycoon Julien Cahn expertly explores his remarkable life ... more
Catching the winds of change
Snappy but predictable offering brings order to a chaotic 12 months... more
Independent voice
A collection of excellent modern newspaper pieces from a fine journalist, not too well put together ... more
Out of the darkness
Life Beyond the Airing Cupboard
John Barclay was a nearly man as a player, but absolutely makes it as a writer of memoirs... more
A year in the life
Aakash Chopra's account of a season in Indian first-class cricket has insights, immediacy, honesty, and is remarkably free of bitterness... more
Stats but no story
Gulu Ezekiel's biography of Dhoni is a handy ready reckoner, but don't expect any insights into the book's subject... more
A legendary selection
A year after he published a list of the top cricketers he played with, Shane Warne has expanded his sights... more
Six balls, six sixes, one fascinating book
Six of the Best: Cricket's Most Famous Over
Grahame Lloyd tells, grippingly, the story of one of the most celebrated overs in cricket... more
Same format, same class
The Cricinfo Guide to International Cricket 2009
In its third edition now, Steven Lynch's book is a reliable and readable quick-reference tool for cricket over the next year... more
The modest journeyman
A honest tale of a Welshman's cricket career via Swansea City football club ... more
Slowly fades the Don
A century after his birth the debate about Bradman and Australian identity rumbles on... more
Dated data
A book on allrounders that brings together well-known facts and stats... more
Solid value
Bob Woolmer's Art and Science of Cricket
The late Bob Woolmer brings the game's teaching manuals comprehensively up to date... more
Green and bland
Alastair Cook's autobiography offers little that's new or interesting... more
Turning back the clock, affordably
Well-produced, pocket-friendly reprints of a couple of 1920s Wisdens as well as the first edition of the Green Lilly... more
Coming to the party
A readable jaunt round the cricket world by one of the game's leading younger writers... more
Subject missing
Stuart Surridge: Skipper of Surrey's Golden Era
Too many rote match descriptions, too few insights... more
Fatal obsession
Marcus Trescothick: Coming Back To Me
Trescothick's neuroses are peerless and this book goes into great detail about them. Pity about the cricket... more
Tony's tale
Tony Lock: Aggressive Master of Spin
Why Lock was more than just a support act to Laker... more
A journey, darkly
The backdrop to Joseph O'Neill's acclaimed new novel is New York's seedy cricket subculture, where the search for meaning is deceptively infectious, if ultimately futile... more
Chick-lit meets crick-lit
A girl born in 1983 turns out to be the Indian team's lucky charm in a novel where cricket and Mills & Boon collide... more
The cap that became a crown
How did the baggy green turn into an enduring symbol of Australian sporting excellence?... more
Harsh light from down under
Pommies: England Cricket Through an Australian Lens
Just how poorly is cricket run in England? This hard-hitting new book has the sorry story ... more
Ready reckoner
The Cricketers' Who's Who 2008
Every first-class cricketer in England in one handy book ... more
The pub, not the winning
An enjoyable stroll through 30 years of one man and his rubbish cricket team ... more
An old book for a new era
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008
New, improved, and still worth its weight... more
Letters from an autocrat
Gubby Under Pressure: Letters From Australia, New Zealand and Hollywood
An expertly compiled collection of Allen's letters home from the Ashes tour of 1936-37 does nothing to enhance his reputation... more
A magisterial thesis
What Sport Tells Us About Life
Ed Smith's book on the meaning of sport is a potential classic... more
Now browsing
DIY, travelogue and history. A quick look at three new titles... more
Odds and elevens
The Penguin Book of Cricket Lists
A mixed bag of the quirky and the routine... more
Letting the facts spoil a good story
The Daily Telegraph Book of Cricket
This collection of the best Daily Telegraph writing benefits from Swanton's wisdom but suffers from too many reporters and not enough writers ... more
Hussey's listmania
The perfectionist Australian's autobiography is more an advice document for young players than a tell-all memoir... more
A life beyond the boundary
CLR James: Cricket's Philosopher King
Readers drawn to James by his writing on cricket will learn a lot more from this book about the man who was a confidant of the likes of Trotsky and Nkrumah... more
High-quality collectables at a low price
Willows Wisden Almanack reprints
Well-produced, pocket-friendly reprints of a couple of 1920s Wisdens... more
For the classes, not the masses
No, coach-and-tell memoir, this book is John Buchanan's manifesto on the art of winning... more
The cat that deserved the cream
Supercat: The Authorised Biography of Clive Lloyd
The iconic West Indies captain's rise from humble origins to world-conquering leader... more
Duncan comes to the party
Duncan Fletcher: Behind the Shades, The Autobiography
We've observed him from afar, sat through cliché-riddled press conferences and become infuriated at his brooding demeanour. Will the real Duncan Fletcher please stand up?... more
Shake, rattle and roll again
Ian Botham's autobiography is a welcome and timely update on his rock 'n' roll life... more
Warts, bookies, and selection fistfights
Inside Story: Unlocking Australian Cricket's Archives
Secrets in Cricket Australia's headquarters have been trying to escape for more than a century. Now they are revealed in a history of the organisation... more
New names, new faces
Cricinfo Guide To International Cricket 2008
If the bombardment of matches leaves you wondering if it's Stuart Broad or Mitchell Johnson running into bowl at Upul Tharanga or Dinesh Karthik then this is the ideal viewing companion... more
And some achieve greatness
In It To Win It: the Australian Cricket Supremacy
Peter Roebuck writes with the authority of a former player, and the occasional whimsy of someone who can see, most of the time, that cricket is a game ... more
Turn off
Monty's Turn: Taking My Chances by Monty Panesar
For Panesar, everything beyond the day-to-day business of preparing for cricket, playing cricket and recovering from playing cricket is pretty much irrelevant - including, presumably, his book... more
A bible for the next generation
Young Wisden - A New Fan's Guide To Cricket
While clearly a British-oriented product, virtually all of cricket life is there in this primer for young fans... more
Tale of t'greatest
Trueman's Tales: 'Fiery Fred' - Yorkshire's Cricketing Giant
To a generation, Trueman was Yorkshire cricket (English cricket, for that matter) and this book offers an easygoing trawl through his life and times... more
Gleanings at their best
For "the person who knows of Wisden as the Universal Source, but might never have troubled to browse in it"... more
Tyke in his pomp
Herbert Sutcliffe: Cricket Maestro
A classic example of the old-fashioned cricket biography: polite, respectful and enthusiastic by turn, with none of the intrusiveness of contemporary biography... more
No need to gild the lily
Brian Lara: Cricket's Troubled Genius
Fans will enjoy reliving Lara's triumphs, and researchers will find this is a useful first draft of the biography of one of cricket's greatest enigmas... more
Butch teaches batting... and more
As coaching books go, this one is like a sturdy forward defence... more
Life beyond the Test world
Encyclopaedia of World Cricket
A worthy, reasonably priced reference on world cricket... more
The kid in the sweet shop
Fatty Batter - How Cricket Saved My Life (Then Ruined It) by Michael Simkins
Gillian Reynolds reviews Fatty Batter - How Cricket Saved My Life (Then Ruined It) by Michael Simkins... more
The sentient watcher
Men in White: A Book of Cricket
Jai Arjun Singh on a collection of self-aware, passionate fan's notes... more
History from the heart
More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years
Martin Williamson reviews More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years by John Major... more
The drugs don't work
A review of Paul Smith's autobiography, Wasted?... more
Beer, verse and Arlott
A review of cricket books on beer, verse and John Arlott... more
A flawed offering and a welcome delight
A review of Simon Wilde and Gideon Haigh's latest offerings... more
The hot and fiery summer
Martin Williamson reviews Grovel by David Tossell... more
The story of an institution
Test Match Special - 50 Not Out
Martin Williamson reviews Test Match Special - 50 Not Out... more
A collector's dream continues
Willows Almanack reprints 1924 and 1925
Martin Williamson reviews the Willows reprints of the 1924 and 1925 Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks... more
A gamble that didn't pay off
Justin Langer and Steve Harmison's book
Martin Williamson reviews the diary of Justin Langer and Steve Harmison... more
Passing on county lore
Tom Cartwright - The Flame Still Burns
Michael Billington reviews Tom Cartwright - The Flame Still Burns by Stephen Chalke... more
All Out - The Ashes 2006-07
Gideon Haigh's latest collection showcases a fine writer at the top of his game says Chandrahas Choudhury... more
In his pomp, at the Ashes
Gideon Haigh's latest collection showcases a fine writer at the top of his game says Chandrahas Choudhury... more
Behind the Mushy bushy beard
Twenty20 Vision: My Life and Inspiration by Mushtaq Ahmed
Bruce Talbot reviews Mushtaq Ahmed's Twenty20 Vision: My Life and Inspiration... more
Fun and games
Caught & Told - Humorous Cricketing Anecdotes
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan reviews Caught and Told, a collection of anecdotes compiled by former India batsman Sandeep Patil and journalist Clayton Murzello... more
You had to be there
Emma John reviews Slogging the Slavs by Angus Bell... more
A picture tells a thousand words
Behind the scenes of Lancashire CCC
Andrew McGlashan reviews Access All Areas: Behind the Scenes at Lancashire County Cricket Club... more
Spinner's review
Autumn brings many things: vibrant colours; falling leaves; conkers. All these are "traditional autumn delights". C&G Cricket Year is not among them, to judge by the 2006 edition... more
Exposés, entertainment ... and cook books
Martin Williamson takes a look at the best - and worst - books of 2006... more
Fun in a time of plethora
Wisden Anthology 1978-2006: Cricket's Age of Revolution
Hugh Massingberd reviews Wisden Anthology 1978-2006: Cricket's Age of Revolution... more
By fans, for fans
There are plenty of deadly-serious Ashes publications on the market but a more light-hearted guide to the summer is JB's Cricket Companion... more
A welcome addition
Peter English reviews Andrew Symonds's new book, Roy: Going for Broke... more
Athers takes a gamble
Mike Atherton's Gambling: A story of triumph and disaster
Matthew Engel reviews Mike Atherton's Gambling: A story of triumph and disaster... more
Sport, the universe and everything
The Meaning of Sport - Simon Barnes
Marcus Berkmann reviews The Meaning of Sport... more
Brimful of Ashes
Martin Williamson reviews the latest Ashes books offerings... more
A phoenix of anecdotes
Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps
Paul Coupar reviews Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps... more
Coffee-table scholarship
The Illustrated History of Indian Cricket
A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when it has been sourced and selected as exquisitely as those in Boria Majumdar's superb 256-page magnum opus, The Illustrated History of Indian Cricket.... more
A welcome addition
Cricinfo Guide To International Cricket
Rob Smyth reviews the Cricinfo Guide To International Cricket... more
The Little Book of Cricket Legends
A review of The Little Book of Cricket by Ralph Dellor and Stephen Lamb... more
Amateur hour
2005-06 Test Cricket Annual - John Woods
Sam Collins reviews John Woods's 2005-06 Test Cricket Annual... more
A dead good read
Peter the Lord's Cat - edited by Gideon Haigh
Rob Steen reviews Peter the Lord's Cat And Other Unexpected Obituaries from Wisden... more
What's it all about
Cricket Lexicon / Arm-Ball To Zooter
Will Luke reviews Andrew Strauss's autobiography... more
Promising but premature
Andrew Strauss: Coming into Play
Will Luke reviews Andrew Strauss's autobiography... more
Heritage in waiting
History of the Cricket World Cup - Tony Cozier
Rob Steen reviews History of the Cricket World Cup... more
Cashing out on quality
The England Cricket Miscellany and No Balls and Googlies
Martin Williamson reviews The England Cricket Miscellany and No Balls and Googlies... more
India's obsession
You Must Like Cricket? Memoirs of an Indian Cricket fan
In exploring his own micro-obsession the author hopes to throw light on the macro-obsession of world cricket's most powerful nation, a place where Sachin Tendulkar bats and an audience the size of Europe watches... more
Threads of gold
A Majestic Innings: Writings on Cricket - CLR James
Welcome back to an old classic... more
Cardus can wait
Anand Vasu reviews Indian Summers by John Wright... more
More than just the Ashes
Kevin Pietersen: Crossing the Boundary
Showbiz, stardom, sixes - they are all here. A little over a year ago Kevin Pietersen etched his name into English cricket history with his Ashes-sealing 158 at The Oval... more
A picture in waiting
Shane Warne: my illustrated career
Daniel Brigham reviews Shane Warne - my illustrated career... more
The spinner's lot - immortal for a day
19-90: Jim Laker by Brian Scovell
Jonathan Rice reviews 19-90: Jim Laker by Brian Scovell... more
Making history affordable
Willows Wisden Almanack reprints
Martin Williamson looks at the man behind the series of Wisden Almanack reprints... more
Mushtaq Mohammad - Inside Out
Andrew Miller reviews Mushtaq Mohammad - Inside Out... more
A true allrounder
All-Round Genius: The Unknown Story of Britain's Greatest Sportsman
Martin Williamson reviews All-Round Genius: The Unknown Story of Britain's Greatest Sportsman, by Mick Collins... more
Losing sight of a childhood dream
Simon Lister reviews Denis Compton by Tim Heald... more
Dry, yes, but certainly not dour
Bearders: My Life in Cricket by Bill Frindall
Will Luke reviews Bearders: My Life in Cricket by Bill Frindall... more
Fault lines in a hero's tale
Keith Miller: the Life of a Great All-rounder by Roland Perry
David Frith reviews Keith Miller: the Life of a Great All-rounder by Roland Perry... more
Man of letters
The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar by Gulu Ezekiel
Rahul Bhatia reviews The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar by Gulu Ezekiel... more
Beyond a boundary
Reverse Sweep: Confessions of a Cricket Junkie by Gautam Bhimani
Dileep Premachandran reviews Reverse Sweep: Confessions of a Cricket Junkie by Gautam Bhimani ... more
A Somerset collection
Sixty Summers - Somerset Cricket Since The War by David Foot and Ivan Ponting
Ivo Tennant reviews Sixty Summers - Somerset Cricket Since The War by David Foot and Ivan Ponting... more
Captain Scott and the big freeze
Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson
Simon Lister reviews Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson... more
Looking to the future
The Schools' Cricket Almanac 2006
The Preparatory Schools' Cricket Almanac 2006
Martin Williamson reviews The Schools' Cricket Almanac 2006 and the Preparatory Schools' Cricket Almanac... more
An England perspective
Martin Williamson reviews Sixty Summers: English Cricket Since WW2 by Peter Cox... more
Simply the best and biggest
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2006
Michael Billngton reviews the 2006 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack... more
Playfair Cricket Annual 2006
English cricket's pocket bible returns
Martin Williamson reviews the 2006 >I>Playfair Cricket Annual... more
Renaissance man
Ken Taylor: Drawn to Sport by Stephen Chalke
Jeremy Alexander reviews Ken Taylor: Drawn to Sport by Stephen Chalke... more
Discovering the power of cricket
The Match by Romesh Gunesekera
Gillian Reynolds reviews The Match by Romesh Gunesekera... more
Daring Young Men
Rob Steen reviews Daring Young Men by Alan Hill... more
Fall and rise of an icon
The Hansie Cronje Story: An Authorised Biography
Lawrence Booth reviews The Hansie Cronje Story: An Authorised Biography by Garth King... more
Golden Ages at the Fenner's Margin
A review of Golden Ages at the Fenner's Margin by APA Wykes... more
Out of My Comfort Zone: The Autobiography
Gideon Haigh reviews Out of My Comfort Zone by Steve Waugh... more
WG's private party
Cricket at the Crystal Palace by Brian Pearce
Such was the draw of WG Grace that after a public spat with Gloucestershire, who he had captained since its formation in 1870, he was able to move to London and help establish a side that within a year had been given first-class status... more
Barbecue with the Master ... or don't bother
The Glenn McGrath Barbecue Cookbook
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Tom Graveney at Lord's
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Cheltenham and Gloucester Cricket Year
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Four more weeks
Mark Ramprakash with Justyn Barnes
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A spin-off which shines
A Wisden Collection, Volume Two
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Out Of My Comfort Zone
A review of Steve Waugh's latest book, Out Of My Comfort Zone... more
Raking over the Ashes
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia 2005-06
A review of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia 2005-06... more
Not quite rising from the Ashes
Rising from the Ashes by Graham Thorpe
Chris Douglas reviews Rising from the Ashes by Graham Thorpe... more
Glossing over the gasholder
The Oval: Reflections by David Norrie
Will Luke reviews The Oval: Reflections by David Norrie... more
Mourning everyone: no more Richie
My Spin On Cricket by Richie Benaud
Marcus Berkmann reviews My Spin On Cricket by Richie Benaud ... more
Jardine's view not the whole story
In Quest of the Ashes by Douglas Jardine
David Frith reviews In Quest of the Ashes by Douglas Jardine ... more
Grandfather's footsteps
Nick Hoult reviews Test of Time by John Lazenby ... more
Picture imperfect
Lords of Cricket: Players, Personalities by Jocelyn Galsworthy
Emma John reviews Lords of Cricket: Players, Personalities by Jocelyn Galsworthy... more
Picture perfect
Martin Williamson reviews Oval Reflections by David Norrie... more
When the little men had their day
Dad's Army - How Freuchie Took Cricket By Storm
Martin Williamson reviews Dad's Army - How Freuchie Took Cricket By Storm by Neil Drysdale... more
Back to cricket's roots
Martin Williamson reviews Wealding the Willow by Robin Whitcomb... more
A labour of love
Don Bradman surely has to be the most written-about cricketer ever - indeed, few sportsmen can have been the subject of so many books... more
Melancholic memories
Ashes to Ashes - The Rise, Fall and Rise of English Cricket
John Stern reviews Keith Fletcher's book Ashes to Ashes - The Rise, Fall and Rise of English Cricket... more
Dreary anticlimax
Darren Lehmann: Worth the Wait
Peter English reviews Darren Lehmann's autobiography... more
A fragile genius
Colin Blythe: Lament For A Legend
Martin Williamson reviews Fred Titmus's autobiography... more
Not going quietly
Fred Titmus: My Life In Cricket
Martin Williamson reviews Fred Titmus's autobiography... more
Cricket - Celebrating the Modern Game Around the World
by Philip Brown and Lawrence Booth
A review of Cricket - Celebrating the Modern Game Around the World by Philip Brown and Lawrence Booth... more
Pundits from Pakistan: On Tour with India, 2003-04
by Rahul Bhattacharya
A review of Pundits from Pakistan: On Tour with India, 2003-04 by Rahul Bhattacharya... more
Inside the line at HQ
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The Oval: Test Match Cricket & Old Trafford: Test Match Cricket
We review two new books by David Mortimer on Tests at The Oval and Old Trafford... more
The Reduced History of Cricket by Aubrey Ganguly and Justyn Barnes
A review of The Reduced History of Cricket by Aubrey Ganguly and Justyn Barnes... more
The Cricketers' Who's Who 2005 and Playfair Cricket Annual 2005
Reviews of the 2005 editions of The Cricketers' Who's Who and Playfair Cricket Annual... more
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack - Edited by Matthew Engel
From the dramatic cover picture of the England team in a triumphant huddle to the last of its 1,744 pages, the latest Wisden is in celebratory mood... more
Pundits from Pakistan: On Tour with India, 2003-04
by Rahul Bhattacharya
A review of Pundits from Pakistan: On Tour with India, 2003-04 by Rahul Bhattacharya... more
Adult Book - Malcolm Knox
In a recent lunchtime slot David Lloyd took a Sky cameraman around the England dressing room... more
The Little Book of Cricket
A review of The Little Book of Cricket by Ralph Dellor and Stephen Lamb... more
Morning Everyone: A Sportswriter's Life
Simon Lister reviews Morning Everyone by Simon Hughes... more
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia 2004-05
From a distance everything about Australian cricket appears impregnable, even perfect... more
Reviews in brief
Four short book reviews... more
'75 Years of West Indies Cricket' - Ray Goble and AP Sandiford
This is a weighty tome, authored by a Professor Emeritus, Dr Keith AP Sandiford and a statistician with a particular interest in West Indian cricket, Ray Goble... more
Test Cricket Grounds, the complete guide - John Woods
Woods takes in 58 grounds the world over, from Ahmedabad to Adelaide, from Dhaka to Darwin... more
Reviews in brief
Published to coincide with the Club's 150th birthday celebrations, Chalke has charted the history of Wimbledon with real charm and, as ever, an eye for the appropriate anecdote... more
'My Life in Pictures' - Andrew Flintoff with Patrick Murphy
On my brother Toby's shelves sit 15 books on Ian Botham, relics of a 1980's childhood... more
Ali: The Life of Ali Bacher - Rodney Hartman
Does anyone in cricket deserve a 450-page biography, like this one of Ali Bacher... more
An annual with a difference
The Pakistan Cricket Annual, 2003
If you thought that this might be yet another of those worthy but dull annuals that would lie unread on the shelves gathering dust, you'd better think again... more
Ponting joins the diarists - in style
Lynn McConnell reviews Ricky Ponting's World Cup Diary... more
Test cricket's 100 Club celebrated
It was inevitable as soon as Test cricket started to involve more teams, and when it became such an appealing television sport, that some of its records of durability would become easier to attain... more
NZ Almanack captures season perfectly
The 2003 New Zealand Cricket Almanack, edited by Francis Payne and Ian Smith... more
McGrath diary misses the mark
Writing a campaign diary has become one of the more common pursuits of modern sportsmen, much in the same way that military men record their experiences in wartime... more
Wellington's Basin Reserve tells its story in new book
The Basin - An illustrated history of the Basin Reserve by Don Neely and Joseph Romanos... more
Waugh's great day brilliantly captured
Steve Waugh - A Perfect Day... more
Anthologies cover wide gamut of cricket
Outrageous Cricket Moments by Ian Smith/Joseph Romanos... more
New Zealand captains under the microscope
New Zealand Test Cricket Captains by Matthew Appleby... more
Waugh sheds more light on the Australian cricket machine
Cover of book 'Steve Waugh - Captain's Diary 2002' Buy online from CricShop Steve Waugh - Captain's Diary 2002... more
Third person Cairns not as spectacular as the true-life version
Chris Cairns has been many things in his cricketing life - match-winner one day, moody the next, variously under the surgeons' or critics' knife - but you always approached a Cairns effort with the hope of something special and very likely... more
Video Review - The Story of Cricket
From the sublime (World Cup Final centuries from Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Aravinda de Silva) to the far from sublime (the aluminium bat in Perth, finger-wagging in Faisalabad, dirt in the pocket at Lord's) cricket has been caught on camera in... more
Timely reminder of what has made New Zealand's cricket history
Lynn McConnell could never have imagined how perfectly he timed the production of his latest book, The First Fifty, and its lovingly sculpted tribute to the half-century of Test cricket wins which New Zealand achieved with the defeat of England last... more
Story of the Benson & Hedges Cup
Remember Ken Higgs, Eddie Hemmings, Graham Johnson ad Cedric Boyns... more
Mark Waugh's biography flawed in approach
Mark Waugh - The Biography by James Knight... more
Bradman selections starting to wear a bit thin
Bradman's Best Ashes Team by Roland Perry... more
Opening Up - my autobiography by Mike Atherton
The unbeaten 185 in Johannesburg, the challenges and trials of England captaincy, the "dirt-in-the-pocket" affair, the Trent Bridge duel with Allan Donald, and the hereditary back condition which eventually triggered retirement this time last year -... more
Astle's feats recorded in outstanding fashion
Nathan Astle - Kiwi Master Blaster... more
Parore ensures the '90s pain won't go away
None of the cricketing countries have players who dump on the game that has sustained them and built their reputations in the way that New Zealand players do.... more
Michael Colin Cowdrey - A Life
The great extent of Colin Cowdrey's achievements - both as a player and an administrator - are movingly portrayed in the video "Michael Colin Cowdrey - A Life" produced by Sharp Focus... more
Sachin Tendulkar: Masterful
"You take Don Bradman away and he's next up, I reckon." The verdict of Steve Waugh on Sachin Tendulkar sits alongside many other tributes at the tail end of "Sachin Tendulkar: Masterful" by Peter Murray and Ashish Shukla.... more
The Bedsers: Twinning Triumphs
"To know one is to know the other, for they are as identical in mind as they are in form." So writes the former Prime Minister and Surrey president, John Major, in the foreword to Alan Hill's new biography of the Woking twins, available from CricShop... more
Waugh hits the mark again with his annual view
Ashes Diary 2001 by Steve Waugh... more
'Farewell to Bradman' one of the finest cricket books
Farewell to Bradman... more
ACS Famous Cricketers Series - no. 61 Wes Hall & no. 62 Ken Barrington
Benjamin Disraeli's assertion that there are "lies, damned lies and statistics" would not be welcomed by that august body, the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians... more
Book review: Jonty in Pictures
This is, as the title suggests, Jonty Rhodes in pictures... more
Book Review: 'Pakistan Test Cricket Sojourn'
Book Review: Tariq Raz, book called 'Pakistan Test Cricket Sojourn'... more
Video Review: 'The Story of the Ashes'
Just in case you think modern commentators sound corny, consider this... more
New Zealand Almanack strikes gold again
The 2001 New Zealand Cricket Almanack... more
Warne spins yarn nearly as well as he bowls
Shane Warne - My Autobiography... more
Noble idea but Bradman book misses mark
Bradman's Best by Roland Perry... more
Glory Lightly Worn - A Tribute to Brian Statham
Glory Lightly Worn - A Tribute to Brian Statham Edited and compiled by Rev... more
Lionel Tennyson - Regency Buck (Book Review)
Book Review - Lionel Tennyson - Regency Buck... more
Warne hails Border in new autobiography
Shane Warne: My Autobiography... more
Ernest Tyldesley: illuminated the golden age of cricket
Ernest Tyldesley: His Record Innings by Innings is published by the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, price £8.50.... more
Aubrey Faulkner: professional success hid personal tragedy
'Aubrey Faulkner' by Brian Bassano... more
A tale of two local heroes
Corsham's Two Test Cricketers by D.T. Smith
Ralph Dellor reviews Corsham's Two Test Cricketers by D.T. Smith... more
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